[jwblack]

Running Word 2003, I would like to change the width between the tick
marks on the ruler from the standard 1/8" to 1/16". I know that I can
change the tab stops, but I want to change the actual appearance of the
ruler onscreen.

[Klaus Linke]

"jwblack" wrote:
Running Word 2003, I would like to change the width between
the tick marks on the ruler from the standard 1/8" to 1/16".
I know that I can change the tab stops, but I want to change the
actual appearance of the ruler onscreen.


Hi,

I'm afraid you can't influence the appearance of the ruler, though the
appearance will change automatically if you change the horizontal grid
(Drawing toolbar Draw menu Grid...).

Word calculates with 1/2 pt precision internally, AFAIK. But if you define a
grid, Word seems to space the tab stops on the ruler a minimum of 6 pt apart
it seems (= 1/12"). Smaller values seem to be ignored.
So 1/16" doesn't seem to be an option.

Another problem is that the tab stop dialog rounds the tab positions to two
digits, which means you run into problems with 1/16" (0.0625"). Actually,
even 1/8" (0.125") is problematic and gets rounded in the display to 0.13".

Maybe time to change to the decimal system?

g Klaus